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Analysts discuss the scope of tightening in Bund swap spreads and the impact on SSA spreads
OATs and OLOs could weaken further versus Bunds while southern European countries and EU continue to paint a positive picture
Uncertainty looms large as presidential race far from clear and budget negotiations potentially ‘highly challenging’
Summer in full swing but first two weeks of August not completely off the cards for non-euro deals
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Asian Development Bank printed its first seven year line in Canadian dollars on Tuesday — also the issuer’s first issue in the currency for over seven years.
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The Kingdom of Bahrain was on track to price the first dollar bond from the country this year on Tuesday, having released initial price thoughts for a 30 year bullet bond on Tuesday at low 6%. -
Portugal will rely on auctions rather than syndications to finish off its funding business for 2014, but it could also be open to selling privately placed debt — a technique used by Spain last week to sell its longest dated bond ever.
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Read on to see how selected benchmarks are faring in secondary. Trading levels given are bid-side spreads versus mid-swaps and/or an underlying benchmark as of Thursday's close. The source for secondary trading levels is Interactive Data.
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Last week the International Capital Market Association published updated documentation for sovereign bonds — including revamped pari passu clauses and an array of collective action clauses that go even further than the euro area model CACs that have been mandatory for eurozone sovereigns since January 2013. As market participants digest the revisions, read on for in depth coverage of the motivations behind the change and market reaction.
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The European repo market shrank slightly over the year, according to ICMA’s latest repo market survey, one of the only meaningful datasets on the fragmented market. Total contracts outstanding were €5.78tr at the end of the first half, against €6.08tr in June 2013.
